Lucas Hägg-Johansson

Åke Hugo Lucas Hägg-Johansson (born 11 July 1994) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Allsvenskan club IF Elfsborg.

Career Club career Raised in Riseberga, Malmö, Hägg-Johansson started playing football as a young junior in Husie IF. At the age of 15, Lucas then joined FC Rosengård. In Rosengård, he trained with the first team under manager Mats Larsson. During 2011, Hägg-Johansson also sat on the bench in 11 games for Rosengård in the Swedish Division 1. At this time Hägg-Johansson had offers from among others Lunds BK and Malmö FF.

Returning to Kalmar FF, Hägg-Johansson made his debut in the Swedish top-tier, Allsvenskan, on 14 August 2016 when he was given a chance in the 1-1 match against Malmö FF. From the 2017 season and onwards, Hägg-Johansson established himself as the starting goalkeeper, playing 25 league games throughout the season and 30 in the 2018 season. After two slightly less good seasons - when he was even dropped from the team for a few matches in the 2021 season - it was confirmed on 4 January 2022, that Hägg-Johansson had left the club.

On 12 January 2022, Hägg-Johansson joined Danish Superliga club Vejle Boldklub.

Career statistics

Honours Vejle Danish 1st Division: 2022–23